Book Review: Playing the Part

Media Type: Ebook (ARC)
Title: Playing the Part
Author: Robin Covington
Publisher: Entangled: Brazen
Pages: Ebook; 250
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Source: Publisher
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Genre: Romance

HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart

Recommended to: Readers who love evenly matched characters who have sizzling chemistry!

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After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood’s favorite action star how to act like he’s in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what love looks like. When a seductive heat ignites between Piper and Mick, she jumps at the chance for a bit of fun between the sheets, but with two stipulatons: she’s kept out of the public eye and things end when she returns to New York. Only Mick keeps changing the rules on her. Tempted by America’s favorite bad boy, Piper is wondering how far she’s willing to bend…

Perfection. That’s the first thought that entered my mind after finishing Playing the Part. Those of you who have followed me for any length of time know that I’m a greenhorn in the world of romance. However books like this, gorgeous books with strong characters and sizzling chemistry, make me want to dive even deeper.

First off I completely loved Piper. Witty, intelligent, and honest to a fault, she’s the perfect female lead for this story. I couldn’t get over how real Piper’s character was. Here is a woman who has just been through a terrible breakup, and worse yet she had to do it complete with glaring Hollywood headlines. Yet Piper is still strong. She second guesses herself, sure, but she’s a fighter and I totally adored that about her.

Then of course there’s Mick and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love him. What’s not to love? Total playboy on the outside (and oh does he know it) and yet he has a heart too. Everything about Mick screams “Perfect Man!” even when he manages to screw things up. Okay I’m sugarcoating things. Let’s leave it at this: Mick isn’t just hot, he’s MOLTEN LAVA hot. He’s sinfully delicious, and I couldn’t get enough of him.

Which of course means that these two very sexy, very stubborn characters have massive heat between them! I’m going to be very tame and say that the sex scenes in this story were perfection. However if had witnessed my reading this book you likely would have noticed me fanning myself quite a few times. Does that perhaps give you a better insight into how spicy things get between these two?

Loved it! That’s the long and short of it. I could go on and on, but it boils down to the fact that I utterly loved Playing the Part. Thank you to Robin Covington for further proving to me that romance is my kind of genre! I’m eager for so much more.

FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.